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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451867803321

Autore

Dodge Ernest Stanley

Titolo

Islands and empires [[electronic resource] ] : Western impact on the Pacific and east Asia / / by Ernest S. Dodge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1976

ISBN

0-8166-5550-2

0-8166-0853-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Collana

Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; ; v. 7

Disciplina

950

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Islands of the Pacific Discovery and exploration

China Civilization Western influences

Japan Civilization Western influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part I. The Pacific Islands; Illustrations; Part II. East Asia; Sources and Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Islands and Empires was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is the first one-volume account of the massive impact of Western civilization on the Pacific Islands and the Far East, principally China and Japan. The effects on the two areas were very different since, in the case of the islands, contact was with peoples who were still in the Stone Age, while in the Far East Westerners came up against sophisticated ci